The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃ep-“work”
- Latin · derived fromopus
- Latin · derived fromopera
- Old French · derived fromuevre
- French · borrowed fromœuvre
- English todayoeuvre
From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchuevre all →
ure
Latinopera all →
ureoperameter
Latinopus all →
opusopere citato
Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep- all →
magnoperate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.